Chapter 16: Study Guide
Directions – Define the terms and answer the questions to the best of your ability
Vocabulary:
Aryans
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Blitzkrieg
Dunkirk
Genocide
Ghetto
Holocaust
Internment Camps
Kamikaze
Kristallnacht
Nuremberg War Trial
Operation Barbarossa
Phony War
The Atlantic Charter
Questions:
1. Which act began WWII?
2. Where did the U.S. drop the atomic bomb?
3. Which country battled the Soviet Union, in the snow using skis?
4. Where was the Maginot Line?
5. Why did the U.S. join WWII?
6. Which country surrenders to Germany on June 22, 1940?
7. Hitler sent his armed forces through what area to get to France?
8. Which nation signed a non-aggression pact with Germany that led to invading and dividing Poland?
9. What was D-day?
10. What was V-E Day?
11. Why was The Battle of Midway significant? Which countries were involved?
12. What ultimately happened to Mussolini?
13. What was the Manhattan Project?
14. President Roosevelt was elected to how many terms? For what reasons?
15. What ultimately happened to Hitler?
16. Which countries surrender to end WWII?
17. The Battle of Leyte Gulf is fought in which country?
18. What are the code names for the two Atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan?
19. Which U.S. leader helped to reform Japan’s constitution?
20. Which countries make up the Axis Powers? The Allies? Neutral Countries?
21. Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was called?
22. What made Great Britain difficult to attack?
23. Which groups suffered during the Holocaust?
24. Why did Truman decide to drop the Atomic bombs?
25. What two new technologies helped Great Britain in WWII?
Short Answer:
A. Explain Hitler’s “Final Solution” that led to the Holocaust. Include whom it involved, what happened,
and why it happened.
B. Do you believe it was necessary for the United States to drop the Atomic bomb on the cities of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war in the Pacific with Japan? Defend your position.
C. What military strategies contributed to the Allied victory in World War II?